The anatomy of conjoined twins Brittany and Abby

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[u/Spirals_again]

Do they each control one half?

[u/english83 → u/Spirals_again]

I’ve heard them talk about that in a documentary, they learned to coordinate over time. Both are teachers now I believe.

[u/That_Ad_5651 → u/english83]

Would be funny if only one of them was a teacher.

[u/padimus → u/That_Ad_5651]

"Cmon abby it's my turn to go to work!"

[u/mooys → u/padimus]

You joke but I think they were actually wanting more pay for their job since they were two people and were paid the same as one

[u/whitefoot → u/That_Ad_5651]

Brittany like to go skydiving on weekends but Abby is terrified of heights.

[u/Dirtyhippee → u/That_Ad_5651]

And the other a bricklayer

[u/Agent641 → u/Dirtyhippee]

MMA fighter.

[u/MahNameJeff420 → u/That_Ad_5651]

On paper, that’s kinda how it is. They only get one salary.

[u/vteckickedin → u/MahNameJeff420]

And with two mouths to feed. Such a shame.

[u/refused26 → u/vteckickedin]

What if one of them wants to go on a diet but the other keeps eating shit?

[u/evansdeagles → u/MahNameJeff420]

Would that make the other a slave in technicality?

[u/reikipackaging → u/english83]

yep! they had to figure out who controls which body parts in order to walk. They drive, too!

[u/Final-Ad352 → u/reikipackaging]

No offense, but i would at least be a bit jumpy when i see a car being driven by a two headed person...

[u/Flyaway_Prizm → u/Final-Ad352]

Well, considering they each had to pass the driving test to get their licenses, they probably drive better than a lot of people I see on the road these days…

[u/Ok-Nerve-7538 → u/Flyaway_Prizm]

I think they are more saying like imagine passing a car and the person driving has 2 heads. Would almost guarantee a wreck has been caused because of people rubber necking

[u/Spirals_again → u/english83]

Oh interesting, yeah I heard that too. I wish them well. I also believe they each have an s/o.

[u/jdbx]

The most mind boggling thing to me, is that they can type. On a keyboard, silently. One controls one hand. One controls the other. They both say they cannot read each others thoughts. But they can type.

[u/KamikazeAlpaca1 → u/jdbx]

How do they know what the next word will be without asking? So cool

[u/Kennedy_KD → u/KamikazeAlpaca1]

Probably a mixture of experience and two people who have literally never been apart will end up thinking and speaking similarly to one another

[u/Mdoubleduece]

What happens when one passes?

[u/-SaC → u/Mdoubleduece]

On January 17, 1874, when the 'original' Siamese twins Chang and Eng died, Eng woke up to find his brother dead. There was nothing wrong with Eng and doctors rushed to prepare to separate the two, but Eng died three hours later (what would be called 'broken heart syndrome', IIRC) curled around his dead twin.

In a documentary about Brittany and Abby not too long ago, they acknowledged that when one of them dies, the other is going to go very soon after. Unlike Chang and Eng, who these days would have been separated extremely easily after birth, Brittany and Abby can't realistically be separated and share too many systems.

[u/Waffle_it_is → u/-SaC]

I think I would want to die pretty quick if I woke up and my twin was dead and still attached to me. Terrible fate to have.

[u/justpretendits1995 → u/Waffle_it_is]

But how would they die?

One heart may stop, but the other heart will just double time until overload? Will one brain still end up a little starved of oxygen, and end up with mental issues and not speaking sense?

So many really dark curious questions. :/

[u/NothingmancerBlue → u/justpretendits1995]

If I’m not mistaken, and it’s pretty dark, the rot from the other body infects the living twin. The toxicity of which kills them. I swear I read that a while ago, apologies if I’m proven wrong.

[u/bhangmango → u/NothingmancerBlue]

There could be less rapid decay than for an usual dead body because their blood circulation is shared and the remaining heart and lungs would keep supplying parts of the other half to some extent. But ultimately some parts wouldn’t be supplied and would decay anyway.

Overall the most probable scenario is that after decades of being adapted to a 2-heart system, the switch to only one heart would be rapidly fatal.

[u/nemocluecrj → u/bhangmango]

Overall the most probable scenario is that after decades of being adapted to a 2-heart system, the switch to only one heart would be rapidly fatal.

Back when I was on Facebook, I recall seeing a post confirming basically this. Apart from their brains and nervous systems, their bodily systems, including their cardiovascular systems—despite the twins ostensibly having "two" of them—are fully intertwined and wholly interdependent. I don't think there's a scenario in which they can actually survive without the other; they're intermingled to such a degree that I would imagine that death in one would basically guarantee instant death in the other. (edit: Yeah, after some quick googling, it looks like they would suffer from a 'conjoined' death. When one heart stops because of death, their blood vessels would dilate to such a degree that the other would die of cardiovascular failure within a minute or two.)

[u/Adhdgamer9000 → u/nemocluecrj]

Let's just hope they pass at the same time at a well old age.

[u/W1D0WM4K3R → u/Adhdgamer9000]

I mean, it might be a little comforting that they won't die alone

[u/Wwallace_ → u/bhangmango]

Overall the most probable scenario is that after decades of being adapted to a 2-heart system, the switch to only one heart would be rapidly fatal.

reminds me of the last frankestein movie, with the 2 hearts shenanigans.

[u/Ispan → u/NothingmancerBlue]

septicemia

[u/munsking → u/Ispan]

septic - like septic tank

emia - meaning presence in blood ☝️

[u/chahud → u/munsking]

“Septic tank presence in blood” ☝️

[u/PsychologicalBend467 → u/chahud]

Chubbyemu likes this

[u/WorldEndingSandwich → u/chahud]

This is Brittany presenting to the ER, with a septic tank stuck in her blood.

[u/panetrain → u/munsking]

Chubbyemu the king

[u/harrythechimp → u/NothingmancerBlue]

🎵 "The toxicityyy of my sisterrrr, of my siiisterrr" 🎵

[u/currentpattern → u/harrythechimp]

Jesus fuck dude

[u/Myrkana → u/justpretendits1995]

They share import organs further down. Being attached to a dead body means the fluids from said dead body will circulate through the live side, that's not good for you.

[u/MarysPoppinCherrys → u/Myrkana]

Almost seems like they share so much that they’d both have to die together, unless something happens that is specifically a death sentence to one, like a major stroke or something. Gives me chills to think about.

[u/LukeMayeshothand → u/MarysPoppinCherrys]

Yeah I was thinking if one had a heart attack it would probably trigger a heart attack in the other. But I’m an electrician so what the hell do I know.

[u/t_portch → u/LukeMayeshothand]

Hey I had three heart surgeries a number of years ago, all performed by what was essentially a heart electrician. It's a real thing. You probably aren't far off in your guess.

[u/whatelse13 → u/justpretendits1995]

it depends on how the arteries are routed...

[u/You_meddling_kids → u/Waffle_it_is]

That seems like the plot of a Lars Von Trier movie.

[u/foundmonster → u/You_meddling_kids]

Great and horrible idea at the same time

[u/spicyystuff → u/-SaC]

It’s almost like watching yourself die in another body that looks just like your dead self

[u/amihere2 → u/spicyystuff]

I lost my twin brother at age 14 due to a car accident.

IT's EXACTLY LIKE watching your own funeral.

Then you get to start every birthday after that at the cemetery. Fucking sucks!

Edit: Thanks everyone for the condolences.

I see I let my pain and anger add their two cents about our bday. Recently realized I need to go to therapy; I buried all that pain behind years of drugs, alcohol, and saying I'm fine. ( NOT a wise decision)

[u/docfluty → u/amihere2]

wow, what a tough situation for all to be involved in. At one point you want to have a normal bday but on the other, you have a need to be there with your brother on his bday as well.

Best wishes

[u/Daedroh → u/amihere2]

Sorry about your loss.

[u/amihere2 → u/Daedroh]

Thank you, been 24 years but can still feel like yesterday sometimes.

[u/FunkyGabrielle → u/-SaC]

Exactly this ^{^} except that Chang & Eng had 21 kids between them (10 for one twin; 11 for the other)… guess their wives must’ve been good friends. But yeah, they only shared like a flap of skin and some tendons - they would’ve easily been separated today. They tried when they were younger but without pain relief, they gave up. Edit to say they also shared a liver, would be able to separate NOW, but less likely back then…

[u/ChiggaOG → u/-SaC]

broken heart syndrome

Severe distress to the heart, the Japanese named it Takotsubo. Symptoms are like a heart attack.

[u/BHS90210 → u/ChiggaOG]

Ugh. I know this is very Debbie Downer and lame to bring up but that’s how my dad died. My mom passed away from breast cancer and 4 months later I found him dead from broken heart syndrome. I’m an only child, they were my whole world even at 30 when this happened a few years ago. They’d been married 47 years. Never saw my dad cry once my entire life so when he passed from broken heart syndrome it made sense. He was a very stoic guy. I just felt so bad for him when it happened. I know its pretty common between spouses especially if they’ve been together a very long time and my parents had been together for 50 years when my mom passed. I hope where ever they are now that they’re together again.

Edit: to the people who commented and gave me an award thank you so much! All of you made this chick’s day for real ❤️

[u/KA-ZEL → u/BHS90210]

That has to be so hard for you. I cannot imagine.... I am so deeply sorry for your loss.

Much love to you

[u/one-and-zero → u/Mdoubleduece]

There’s another conjoined set of twins on tiktok with similar anatomy. They said if one passes, the other will die of sepsis shortly afterwards.

[u/TaleNumerous3666 → u/one-and-zero]

Makes sense unfortunately :(. Really harsh realities to live with for these people. Our own mortality is creepy enough but this is that squared.

[u/Rolandersec → u/Mdoubleduece]

You know, ten years ago this thread would have been full of people asking about sex. But we have aged to the “what about death” stage.

[u/Confuseasfuck → u/Rolandersec]

We got less horny and more depressed

[u/im_in_hiding → u/Rolandersec]

I definitely still have those questions

[u/PhoenixQueen_Azula → u/Rolandersec]

Scroll far enough I’m sure it’s there

[u/Exotic_Recognition_8 → u/Mdoubleduece]

Physician here. The one still living will die of septic shock and organ failure. Hospitalization and aggressive treatment can delay the process but it is inevitable.

[u/jupiterssunday → u/Mdoubleduece]

Probably sepsis caused by the deceased twin bleeding into the surviving twin, or multiple system failure due to stress on the organs.

Surgery is unlikely to succeed because of how long it takes, (average is ten hours IIRC) whilst the deceased twin is essentially bleeding into the survivor, making the entire body become septic.

[u/MOS8026]

I was wondering how one small intestine handles the input of two stomachs

[u/mtnbikedds → u/MOS8026]

I thought the same thing. Does one have no connection to the intestine, or is it a smaller, not as useful one, or are the stomachs combined at the bottom like a heart shape? I don’t think the other two replies here understood what you meant.

[u/GruesomeLars → u/mtnbikedds]

This is what I came to ask too

[u/NakDisNut → u/MOS8026]

I would imagine in the same way a person with one stomach who overeats. Lol.

Or their body has adapted to one meal and they just take turns feeding their own mouth hole.

[u/Snoo65207 → u/NakDisNut]

Mouth hole??

[u/sandmanmike55543 → u/Snoo65207]

I believe that’s the medical term. :)

[u/PMmePMsofyourPMs → u/sandmanmike55543]

*pizza port

[u/kdove89 → u/PMmePMsofyourPMs]

*taco tunnel

[u/technoirclub]

I am curious to know how both hearts work together

[u/RoboDae → u/technoirclub]

Or how their organs work if one fails. Can they both live off of 1 heart?

[u/ghostttoast → u/RoboDae]

Probably not for long, that’s a lot of stress and work (pumping blood to every organ and tissue) for one heart to manage

[u/megustavophoto → u/technoirclub]

How do they decide to walk? Is it one of them? Or do they coordinate and each control one leg?

[u/drakeftmeyers → u/megustavophoto]

Yes they have to work together.

[u/sweetsquashy → u/megustavophoto]

I've watched some documentaries on them. Each controls an arm and a leg and they somehow control their side in perfect concert with the other - all without communicating. No one can explain how they do it. They walk, run and ride a bicycle as well as pretty much anyone else. They also drive a car (they had to take the test twice so both could be licensed). In one video they play a game of volleyball with some guys who are completely shocked that not only can they play - they're actually good. They apparently thought they'd have to take it easy on them but they completely hold their own.

[u/IcyProcess212]

Can one eat and sustain the body while the other fasts?

[u/redcomet303 → u/IcyProcess212]

One digestive track post stomach it looks like so yes

[u/yurib123 → u/IcyProcess212]

Can you imagine having to shit after not eating... Omg

[u/John_Doe_Nut → u/yurib123]

What I want to know is who operates the asshole? Like who does the pooping? Is it a shared effort or what? They share the same lower body - can they each feel/control both sides of the lower body or only one side?

[u/SwimsDeep → u/John_Doe_Nut]

Since they have separate nervous systems, the asshole is like a timeshare.

[u/EricYorbasTaintSmell → u/SwimsDeep]

r/brandnewsentence 😂😂😂😂

[u/jai_kasavin → u/EricYorbasTaintSmell]

Mom, I accidentally shit our pants

[u/mnbvcxz1052 → u/John_Doe_Nut]

This is the question I scrolled this thread for.

Like, who gets the “idea” first that they have to poop or pee? The last person to eat or drink? Or is it both of them at the same time?

I’d be so angry if my twin kept eating cheese if we were lactose intolerant or something. But then also— can one even sneak food?? Can one twin see something yummy on a kitchen counter and grab it with their side’s hand and eat it silently without the other one knowing? Or would the other one sense the arm moving and hand picking up the food?

[u/Biasanya → u/mnbvcxz1052]

And can the other shit their pants if they're in an argument or something?

[u/Travice0 → u/Biasanya]

"If you burp in my ear one more time I'm going to shit our pants"

[u/disenchanted_l → u/Travice0]

This is why I read reddit

[u/webUser_001 → u/John_Doe_Nut]

When they fart at the dinner table, who do you blame?

[u/rushboyoz → u/webUser_001]

I guess they both give each other the side-eye

[u/Feeniksi86 → u/IcyProcess212]

Also if one drinks alcohol both get drunk?

[u/Stumpy-the-dog]

these girls are amazing.

I remember seeing them for the first time = mind blown.

Seriously wish them the best.

Nobody knows what they feel like.

[u/blown-upp → u/Stumpy-the-dog]

Nobody knows what they feel like.

No one can ever actually know what their experience feels like, or really even imagine or comprehend something like that. I also think that’s probably why so many people are so curious and want to know.

I respect their privacy, but I really hope once they’re older they feel like they can open up about their experience and feelings over more intimate and private aspects of their lives.

Think about it - almost anything that a human could ever experience could also be experienced by you - or at least enough other people have had such an experience that you can be satisfied hearing about it second hand and get all the info you’d want. But these two are one of a kind, and no one can experience what they do on a daily basis, and no one else has experienced it to have any authority talking about it.

Maybe I’m weird in that I find fascination in those with unique experiences in general - but there’s usually some method or route one could take to also have that experience - except in this case - for all intents and purposes, what they experience is one of a kind with no match. Bless them for opening up to the world as much as they have, I just find myself hoping for more either way!

There’s another set of conjoined twins who’ve popped up in media and online, but they have two separate upper torsos, with their combination starting at the stomach area; another unique experience, but there’s actually a couple other sets of similar twins in recent times!

[u/notquitesolid → u/blown-upp]

Wanna know something crazy? They don’t know what it’s like to be us either. They will never know what it’s like to be alone.

[u/twerplocker → u/Stumpy-the-dog]

From what i can gather, they seem like very capable and well adjusted people, I'd really like to chat with them and get their perspective on things. Their experience of life is incredibly rare and interesting.

[u/dammKaran]

Imagine arguments abt all the little things.

[u/LiKINGtheODds → u/dammKaran]

I want to be a fireman! No, I want to be an astronaut! Or imagine them playing a video game together using the same controller but each arm operating on a different mind

[u/zpepsin → u/LiKINGtheODds]

Overcooked has a mode where you each control a character with half of a controller that you have 2 people hold with 1 hand each

[u/fsidesmith6932 → u/zpepsin]

My wife loves that game. We’re not conjoined.

[u/OnionFarmerBilly]

I totally get them not wanting to live their lives in public and be the subject of attention all the time, but at the same time I hope they write a book about all their life experiences that answer all the difficult questions to be published when they pass.

[u/lovepig1337 → u/OnionFarmerBilly]

This. I think this is the best solution. They get to live relatively normal life but they also get to satisfy the public's curiosity without hurting their lifestyle.

Also, a book would be helpful to future conjoined twins. A guide on how to navigate the world with this very unique circumstance.

[u/KnightinRustedArmour]

Imagine putting on weight because your twin kept eating ice cream you didn’t even get to taste.

[u/1credible_cow]

yikes... 2 stomachs but only one waste system... better alternate meals.

[u/VenusNoleyPoley2 → u/1credible_cow]

Or they have smaller meals

[u/BigfootsMailman → u/VenusNoleyPoley2]

Or get into competitive eating.

[u/Good-Presentation-11]

What if one commits a crime? They are two people so do they both go to jail?

[u/-SaC → u/Good-Presentation-11]

Chang and Eng, back in the 19^th century, sort of tested this. Chang was an alcoholic and (when drunk) would cause shit that he should have been thrown in jail overnight for - but it was decided that this would have amounted to unlawful imprisonment for Eng, so Chang avoided punishment.

(If it was something absolutely horrific though, I assume that the other would be imprisoned regardless).

[u/amlyo → u/-SaC]

I don't think the idea of purposely sending an innocent person to prison would be tolerated in England today, even if it was necessary to imprison a murderer. Would probably end up kicked up to the Supreme court to deal with (impossible to lawfully execute the sentence without unlawfully imprisoning someone) and end up with some highly bespoke ultra close supervision order, and it's not likely to be repeated.

[u/Epicpacemaker → u/amlyo]

I’d imagine they would claim the other twin is complicit. If you’re attached to someone and allow them to go about a crime you’re partially responsible.

[u/amlyo → u/Epicpacemaker]

Even if that were the case, the legal thought experiment is still an interesting one because you could plausibly have conjoined twins where one mounts an effective defence by claiming they have insufficient control to commit the act, or is deemed unfit to stand trial..

[u/Flyaway_Prizm → u/Good-Presentation-11]

Would you commit a crime if you always had someone with you? If so, they were probably part of it, too.

[u/Good-Presentation-11 → u/Flyaway_Prizm]

That's a good point. I'm sure one could perhaps do some sort of cyber crime on their phone? Fraud? Or maybe hiring a hit man without the others knowledge.

[u/FranPeach678]

I often think about these two and wonder how they are.

[u/kjlo5 → u/FranPeach678]

They are teachers at my kids school. I brought my kids to a book fair at the school and met them as they rang me up for the books. They are very nice.

[u/beerhunter4430 → u/kjlo5]

Are they paid as two teachers? Or just one?

[u/Procoso47 → u/beerhunter4430]

One paycheck, they are trying to argue with the school board in order to get 2 payckecks though.

[u/lostkarma4anonymity → u/Procoso47]

Imagine being the heartless beaucrat that refuses to pay siamese twins 2 salaries even though they have 2 brains and they both have education.

[u/Procoso47 → u/lostkarma4anonymity]

I agree, the argument against it is that they can only teach one class and one subject at a time, maybe they can meet halfway and pay one of them as an assistant teacher.

[u/tballz3773 → u/FranPeach678]

last I heard they became teachers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKrvtq5vDmk

[u/ShinyTotoro → u/tballz3773]

It's so interesting how they talk in sync, like they share a train of thought. We really have a lot to learn about how our nervous system works.

[u/Admiral_Boombox → u/ShinyTotoro]

Since they're both in the same place doing the same thing all the time I'd wager it's not that odd that they think pretty much the same thing almost all the time, there are absolutely no secrets between them aside from, maybe, dreams.

I actually wonder if their dreams more or less match as well, or if that's the area where they have a life of their own.

[u/Wallace_W_Whitfield → u/Admiral_Boombox]

I don’t think that is quite right. I mean yes they have to be sharing the same thoughts to some degree, you know? Because when one is speaking and they pause to think with the “uhm” the other does it at the same time. And then they say full or partial sentences in sync, with the same vocal inflections. It’d be one thing if they finished each other’s sentences, but speaking sentences verbatim at the same time in the same way is completely different.

[u/JorusC → u/Admiral_Boombox]

I wonder if they dream about being on the other side of the body.

[u/Comfortable_Wish_930 → u/FranPeach678]

I read something a little bit ago that they are both teachers now and are very happy

[u/azimov_the_wise]

The real issue is them being paid 1 salary for 2 brains

[u/WineO4life → u/azimov_the_wise]

If I remember correctly they said that they look at it like they’re doing one job and getting paid for one job

[u/RyanEatsHisVeggies → u/WineO4life]

So... one SSN? I just wanna know how their check comes addressed (can't be to both of them I'd assume?) and the tricky situation that is filing their taxes.

[u/pau7les → u/RyanEatsHisVeggies]

I’m pretty sure they’re the type of special that both payroll and the IRS are aware of them and hopefully are helpful.

[u/loercase → u/pau7les]

Let's be honest, they're two separate people. They are distinctly two girls, two minds, two souls, they just share one body. The very least the IRS could do is give them two fucking SSNs.

[u/LetThemEatVeganCake → u/RyanEatsHisVeggies]

Better for taxes if they split it 50/50! Each gets a W2 for 50% of the regular salary. They would be entitled to more tax credits and lower tax percentage by each only receiving half, instead of one receiving all.

[u/Good-Presentation-11 → u/azimov_the_wise]

Yeah it's not fair for one to be stuck in a building 40+ hours a week and not get compensated at all

[u/BlarneyBlackfyre → u/Good-Presentation-11]

One should apply for unemployment

[u/ambigymous → u/BlarneyBlackfyre]

Disability

[u/MembershipThrowAway → u/BlarneyBlackfyre]

The private investigator hired to prove fraud would have a very interesting time lol

[u/spoilingattack]

I’m curious about things like life insurance or health insurance. Would they need one policy or two?

[u/Aaron_Lecon → u/spoilingattack]

It probably makes more sense to just have 1 because if one dies the other also dies.

[u/Broritto1238]

Legally speaking who’s the mother if they get pregnant? Assuming this isn’t a situation where consent from both heads was obviously given (I.e a planned birth rather than a random pregnancy NOT RAPE) I wouldn’t be surprised if the originator of the idea is the mother, but I’m not sure. This is all assuming that the singular set of reproductive organs they have are functioning which I have no idea concerning

[u/Mary_Pick_A_Ford → u/Broritto1238]

Next on Maury, we have seen many situations where we don’t know who the daddy is but THIS TIME WE DONT KNOW WHO THE MOMMY IS. STAYED TUNED

[u/BlarneyBlackfyre → u/Broritto1238]

In the documentary it says their reproductive organs function normally and they want to to have kids one day

[u/Mechbeast → u/Broritto1238]

I forget the details, but there has been at least one documented case of an absorbed twin(chimerism) where the entire reproductive system belonged to the absorbed twin. The woman never knew she had shared a womb with a twin and lead to legal problems for her when a maternity test yielded negative results that said she wasn’t the (biological) mother of children that she herself had birthed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild

[u/PositronGt]

2 nervous systems. So if there is pain, only one of them feels it?

[u/Expensive-Document41 → u/PositronGt]

A quick Wiki search says they each have motor control their respective half of their body and each only feel things on their dominant side with some overlap in the middle of their chest and back. Interestingly it mentions that stomachaches are actually felt by the person whose GI tract it isn't.

[u/CrotchCancer → u/Expensive-Document41]

So do they have to coordinate walking? each being in controll of one leg? I have so many questions. What's their relationship like? Do they fight? This shit is fascinating

[u/Floppydisksareop → u/CrotchCancer]

I've seen interviews with them, where they seem like they can sort of know what the "other head" is thinking. I don't know how it works but it seemingly does.

[u/CrotchCancer → u/Floppydisksareop]

They must spend the majority of their life answering the questions of curious people.

[u/Nroke1 → u/CrotchCancer]

They are teachers.

[u/MarsMonkey88 → u/Floppydisksareop]

In interviews where they were younger they each spoke individually, but in adult interviews they do they joint speaking thing where they both says parts of the sentence, sometimes both saying the same word. It’s really interesting.

[u/Expensive-Document41 → u/CrotchCancer]

First one is definitive yes. They had to learn to coordinate walking, running, swimming and any other motor skill activity. But they've done it so long that it sounds like its mostly reflexive now.

Each of them can write, so I dunno if that would be classified as ambidextrous.

As for the other stuff, no clue.

[u/CrotchCancer → u/Expensive-Document41]

What a unique existence. Thanks for the info

[u/pascaling_picasso]

Show the vasculature. Do 2 thoracic aortas fuse to become one abdominal aorta before they bifurcate to normal iliac arteries?

Does the right heart only supply the right arm and left heart/left arm?

[u/JJTRN → u/pascaling_picasso]

This is everything I want to know. There’s a 3rd kidney. Whose vasculature? I just want to see their vasculature. In 3-D.

[u/Rolandersec]

They drove by my house one day. I’ll be honest I was confused for a moment. I knew who they where so I figured it out pretty quickly.

[u/Rosesh_I_Sarabhai]

Remember the scene from American Horror Story S4 where Evans Peter dude has sex with Lady Sarah Paulson. So if they only have one reproductive organ, but two brains/nervous systems, did both brains receive the same amount of pleasure or was it different?

[u/errkanay → u/Rosesh_I_Sarabhai]

This is what I'm wondering. Especially since they both had SOs.... they only have one vagina, so how does sex work for them both? Do they both feel it? Is it a polyamorous type of situation? Seeing as they're all having sex with each other....

[u/spicyystuff → u/Rosesh_I_Sarabhai]

This could literally be an r/ShowerThoughts and I bet it won’t even get removed

[u/off-and-on → u/spicyystuff]

That's impossible, everything gets removed there.

[u/Mary_Pick_A_Ford]

I wonder what they think about while shitting on the toilet together.

[u/nflxtothemoon → u/Mary_Pick_A_Ford]

Since they've done it together since day 1, it must be normal for them. They probably chat with each other

[u/Nogardust → u/nflxtothemoon]

On the other side, I'm not sure there's a lot to chat about left when you're literally together the whole life

[u/lanikers]

Met them in person at San Luis hotel in Galveston

[u/PrincessShelbyy → u/lanikers]

Omg I remember meeting them on the ferry in Galveston when I was a kid. Small world.

[u/BPDRAVE]

more about them and other conjoined twins

[u/Deuspanen]

With one set of reproductive organs but two nervous system how sex work??

[u/RobedMonkey → u/Deuspanen]

They decide how to use their shared reproductive system I guess.

imagines how odd it would be to have to ask my conjoined twin if I can jerk it for the 3rd time today to milf porn, even tho he's gay

[u/RegularAvailable4713 → u/RobedMonkey]

How does this even work? Normally it is the brain that activates the organ when excited, but if there are two brains with different sensations...

[u/KingdomofNerdum → u/RobedMonkey]

Holy shit. You just brought up a crazy point. If you are conjoined twins and one is straight and one is gay but you both share one set of genitalia. Now that's a complicated situation.

[u/WhyDoWeExist_ → u/KingdomofNerdum]

Split screen gaming was made for this reason

[u/MrStealY0Meme → u/WhyDoWeExist_]

“Just close your eyes, I just need 5 minutes, I’ll let you know when it’s your turn”

[u/VancouverChubbs → u/Deuspanen]

How do orgasms work!? Do they always orgasm together? I believe they are controlled by your brain, so I'd guess not but that would be so wild for one to orgasm and not the other....

Imagine the arguments, why do you always cum with your sisters husband?

[u/Fake_earthling]

Only one liver?

Worst scenario if one of her is alcoholic...

[u/Expensive-Document41 → u/Fake_earthling]

I imagine their unique circumstances has led them to be very cooperative on most issues and mindful of how one's actions have a tangible, quantifiable impact on the other.

[u/-SaC → u/Fake_earthling]

This was an issue for the 'original' Siamese twins, Chang and Eng. Chang was an alcoholic, but Eng wasn't. In fact, Chang would cause shit that he should have been thrown in jail overnight for, but it would have amounted to unlawful imprisonment for Eng, so he avoided it.

Both were married, and they had many children. Chang died three hours before Eng.

[u/DuncanGDA666]

If one drank a load of alcohol, would the other feel drunk as well? Surely right? You're out at a party, not wanting to drink, then all of a sudden your twins taken 5 shots without you looking and now all of a sudden you're hammered, making out with Brad and showing everybody all three of your tits.

I have so so many more questions about how they exist as people. It's so crazy

[u/Fellowes321]

Where do they buy clothes?

[u/NightyKnight69]

These girls should do an AMA, there are soooo many questions roaming around in this comment section

[u/CHIEFTAINTEROIX]

Goddamn. If one has a heart attack, the other slowly rots from infection/gangrene

[u/SoliloquyBlue → u/CHIEFTAINTEROIX]

Unfortunately, the other would die pretty quickly due to all the signals being sent from the dying twin's body for the cells to die. The conjoined twins Chang and Eng died within two hours of each other, despite having a plan to separate if one of them died. They sent for the family doctor, but he didn't arrive in time.

[u/rTracker_rTracker]

I believe each one of them is married to a different man, but they only share one sex organ.

[u/nflxtothemoon → u/rTracker_rTracker]

How does that even work? Will the other twin just pretend shes not there when her sister is with her lover?

[u/Practice_NO_with_me → u/nflxtothemoon]

Honestly, i imagine it's very much a poly-ish kinda thing. they would have to find a guy who essentially likes and is attracted to both of them because he will in essence be having sex with both of them. Now I hear they're extremely talented at disassociating when needed so maybe one like watches TV while the other fucks? But they each control half of the body so they both basically have to be involved in the act while it's happening. And on top of all this the guy also needs to be cool with splitting his partner with another guy half the time so those two dudes would have to be cool with each other too. Ideally of course they all 3.5 fuck each other at the same time in one big bed, y'know, for efficiency.

[u/Nostromeow → u/Practice_NO_with_me]

This is wild lol. And I struggle to find a partner as a not siamese person but here they are managing probably the most complicated romantic relationships I’ve ever heard of ! Good for them all honestly. It’s really impressive that they manage such a unique condition so well.

[u/perd-is-the-word → u/Nostromeow]

I first read this as “I struggle to find a partner who is a not Siamese person” and was wondering what kind of dating apps you’re on

But think about it if you’re permanently attached to someone for life getting along with that person is a matter of survival. Furthermore it may seem strange to us but negotiating these things is something they’ve done since birth and probably feels normal and natural to them. In fact probably hard for them to imagine going through life essentially alone like the rest of us do, without a best friend and companion who experiences all the same things and is always there to talk to.

[u/biddilybong → u/rTracker_rTracker]

I believe they both have a man. The questions are endless.

[u/playmeortrademe → u/biddilybong]

I just wanna know what they talk about when they are shitting together

[u/EvenWonderWhy → u/playmeortrademe]

"it's your turn to wipe"

[u/hosayboh → u/EvenWonderWhy]

“I’m not cleaning your shit bitch!”

[u/Angsler → u/hosayboh]

*OUR shit

[u/PiecesofJane → u/rTracker_rTracker]

Can you imagine knowing what your sister's lover is like in bed, and then having to compartmentalize when you're with yours? And vice versa.

[u/noweirdosplease → u/PiecesofJane]

Or what if one twin is into freaky stuff, and the other one isn't. Hopefully they have similar likes and dislikes

[u/blown-upp → u/noweirdosplease]

They finish each others sentences, hard to imagine their taste diverging that much

[u/gizmo1024 → u/blown-upp]

They probably finish each-others spouses too…

[u/AlanParsonsProject11 → u/noweirdosplease]

Same genetics and same stimuli their entire life, would be stranger if they didn’t have the same likes and dislikes

[u/WillyNillyDilly87]

I grew up in the same area as Brittney and Abby and they just go about life like any other person out there. Crazy to see how much adversity they over come daily.

[u/klippDagga → u/WillyNillyDilly87]

I saw them at several high school sporting events as their school was in the same conference as mine. They were completely normal kids in every way other than the fact that they are conjoined. They appeared to have lots of friends and were always talking and giggling like high schoolers do.

Even though I knew that I was probably going to see them, the first time, I still wasn’t prepared to see them in person. It’s just so different. But, after a short time, they just blended in with the crowd. I hope they’re still doing well and wish them the best.

[u/WillyNillyDilly87 → u/klippDagga]

100% it seemed like they weren't bothered by it and people didn't really stare or take pictures and stuff so I'm sure they felt like a completely normal person. Minnesota nice lol

[u/succesful_garlic_8]

Imagine NEVER being alone - like ever. You can never have one single solitary second of privacy or solitude. I don’t think I’d want to live, to be honest. That’s got to be the worst thing imaginable. There is always someone right there.

[u/this-some-shit → u/succesful_garlic_8]

Except you only find that unbearable because you have that solitude. They've never known anything else. The idea of total solitude is probably just as strange to them.

[u/SlothInASuit86 → u/succesful_garlic_8]

They've never known solitude, so how can they miss it?

[u/Nidman → u/succesful_garlic_8]

I honestly bet they like it. Everyone else dies alone.